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NCLC, How States Can Protect Homeowners Facing Zombie Second Mortgages: Suggested Language for a Second Mortgage Foreclosure Bill (Nov. 2024)

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2024.11.26-Issue Brief-How States Can Protect Homeowners-Zombie Second Mortgages.docx
2024.11.26-Issue Brief-How States Can Protect Homeowners-Zombie Second Mortgages.pdf

Issued:

Date

2024

Description

NCLC Issue Brief addressing:

  • The Problem of Zombie Second Mortgages and the Need for Action
  • Suggested Statutory Language to Address Zombie Second Mortgage Problems

    Proposing safeguards to ensure that holders of second mortgages are providing proper notice and documentation before being allowed to foreclose and protections preventing unfair foreclosure of long-dormant second mortgages as well as older second mortgages taken as home equity lines of credit. 

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Home Foreclosures

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Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modifications

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